RKI Instruments SC-01 User Manual
SC-01 Data Logger
Management Program
Operator’s Manual
Part Number: 71-0138RK
Revision: P1
Released: 9/12/07
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Warranty
RKI Instruments, Inc., warrant s gas alarm equipment sold by us
to be free from defects in materials and workmanship, and
performance for a period of one year fr om date of shipment from
RKI Instruments, Inc. Any parts found defective within that
period will be repaired or repla ced, at our op tion , free of charge.
This warranty does not apply to those items which by their
nature are subject to deterioration or consumption in normal
service, and which must be cleaned, repaired, or replaced on a
routine basis. Examples of such items are:
Absorbent cartridges Batteries
Pump diaphragms and
Filter elements
valves
Fuses
Warrant y is voi ded by abuse including mechanical damage,
alteration, rough handling, or repairs procedures not in
accordance with the instruction manual. This warranty indicates
the full extent of our liability, and we are not responsible for
removal or replacement costs, local repair costs, transportation
costs, or contingent expenses incurred without our prior
approval.
HIS WARRANTY IS EXPRESSLY IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL OTHER
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WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AND
ALL OTHER OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES ON THE PART OF RKI
NSTRUMENTS, INC., INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTY
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OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN
NO EVENT SHALL RKI INSTRUMENTS, INC., BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND
CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF ITS PRODUCTS OR FAILURE OF ITS
PRODUCTS TO FUNCTION OR OPERATE PROPERLY.
2 • Warranty
This warranty covers instruments and part s sold to users o nly by
authorized distributors, dealers, and representatives as
appointed by RKI Instruments, Inc.
We do not assume indemnification for any accident or damage
caused by the operation of this gas monitor and our warranty is
limited to replacement of parts or our complete goods.
Table of Contents
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the SC-01 Data Logger Management Program . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IrDA Downloading Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing an IrDA Adapter Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Windows
®
Wireless Link Operation Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using a USB or Serial Port With an IrDA Cable Installed . . . . . . . . 10
Launching the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Download Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Instrument Information Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Data Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Last Calibration Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Set Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Downloading Data from the SC-01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SC-01 Data Logging Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viewing, Printing, & Deleting Data in the Last Calibration Window. . 26
Viewing and Printing Last Calibration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Deleting Last Calibration Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Viewing, Printing, Exporting, & Deleting Data in the Data Window . . 33
Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Calibration History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table of Contents • 3
Event Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sensor Change History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Interval Trend Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Alarm Trend Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Deleting Data in the Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Changing the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing SC-01 Instrument Pa rameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Changing the Appearance of the Program Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Spare Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CAUTION: Read and understand this manual before using the
SC-01 Data Logger Management Program. Also
read and understand the SC-01 Operator’s Manual
included with the SC-01 portable gas detectio n unit.
4 • Table of Contents
Introduction
Using an advanced microprocesso r controlled detection system,
the SC-01 Personal Single Gas Monit or detects the presence of
one of a variety of toxic gasses depending on the sensor
installed. The SC-01’ s compact size and easy-to-use design
makes it ideally suited for a wide range of applications as
described in the SC-01 Operator’s Manual, which you should
read first before using the SC-01 Data Logger Management
Program.
The SC-01 Data Logger Management Program do wnloads dat a
stored in the SC-01 to a Windows-based PC. After the data has
been downloaded, you can view, save, or print it using your
computer and the SC-01 Data Logger Management Program.
The purpose of this manual is to explain how to use and set up
the SC-01 Data Logger Management Program. You will learn
how to:
• install and launch the program
• install the downloading cable (if needed)
• download data from the SC-01
• view, print, and export, and delete data
• change data logging parameters
• change the appearance of the program screens
• change the color of graphed readings for a particular gas
Before you get started, be sure to review the system
requirements in the next section.
WARNING: The SC-01 detects toxic gases which can be
dangerous or life threatening. When using the
SC-01, you must follow the instructions and
warnings in the SC-01 Operator’s Manual to
assure proper and safe operation of the unit
and to minimize the risk of personal injury.
Introduction • 5
CAUTION: The operator of this instrument is advised that if t he
equipment is used in a manner not specified in this
manual, the protection provided by th e equipment
may be impaired.
System Requirements
To use the GX-2003 Data Logger Management Program, your
personal computer must meet the following requirements:
• Operating Systems: Windows® 98, Windows® 2000, or
®
Windows
XP
• Processor: IBM
®
compatible PC running Pentium® 2 or
higher.
• Memory: 32 MB RAM minimum
• Available Har d Disk Space: 32 MB minimum
• CD-ROM Drive
• Infrared port or
Serial port and a serial/IrDA adapter cable or
USB port and a USB/IrDA adapter cable
6 • System Requirements
Installing the SC-01 Data Logger
Management Program
1. Launch Windows®.
2. Exit from all applications and open windows.
3. Insert the SC-01 Data Logger Management Program
Installation CD in your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
4. After a few seconds, a screen appears indicating that the
SC-01 InstallShiel d Wiza r d is pr epar in g to in stall th e da ta
logging program, then the SC-01 InstallShield Wizard
window appears to guide you through installation.
Figure 1: SC-01 InstallShield Wizard
5. Follow the on-screen instructions in the Installation Wizard
window to install the program.
Installing the SC-01 Data Logger Management Program • 7
6. If the InstallShield Wizard finds versions of Windows® files
on your computer newer than those in the installation CD, it
will ask you if you want to keep these newer files. Click “Y e s”.
7. When the InstallShield Wizard indicates that installation is
complete, click the “Finish” button.
8. Eject the installation CD from the CD-ROM drive a nd store it
in a safe place.
IrDA Downloading Cable
The SC-01 communicates with a computer via an on-board
infrared data port that complies with IrDA protocol standards.
NOTE: If your computer has a built -in infrared port, you do not
need an adapter cable to download data.
If your computer does not have an infrar ed port, you will need to
install an IrDA/serial adapter cable or an IrDA/USB adapter
cable on your computer to download data to the PC from your
SC-01. Both types of cables are availab le from RKI In strument s,
Inc. See the Spare Parts List at the end of this manual for the
RKI part numbers. These cables can also be found in many
electronic supply stores and computer stores.
®
Some versions of Windows
device drivers loaded in Windows
already have several infrared
®
and will automatically
recognize a cable during the installation process and guide you
in installing the drivers. Other versions of Windows
®
will require
you to load device drivers provided by the manufacturer of the
cable during the install ation pr ocess. RKI makes n o warranty for
the operation or compatibility of the drivers with any particular
device.
8 • IrDA Downloading Cable
Installing an IrDA Adapter Cable
After instal ling the Data Logger Management Program, connect
an IrDA/serial or IrDA/USB cable to your computer and follow
the manufacturer’s instructions for installing the cable on your
computer. Make sure the cable is compatible with your
®
Windows
If you do not have instructions from the cable manufacturer for
installing your cable, see your Windows® documentation. In
general, you must go to the Control Panel and use the Add
Hardware Wizard to install the cable drivers.
operating system.
Windows
®
Wireless Link Operation Note
When using an IrDA adapter cable and the SC-01 Data Logging
Software on a Windows
®
computer, it is necessary to make a
special setting in the Wireless Link Configuration window for
proper communication between the SC-01 and the Dat a Logger
Management Program. This must be done before attempting to
use the program. To make this setting, perform the following
steps:
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1. Click Start in the Windows
Icon Tray.
2. If Control Panel is available to select in the Start menu,
select it. The Control Panel will appear.
If Control Panel is not selectable in the Start menu but
Settings is, select Settings, then select Control Panel. The
Control Panel will appear.
3. Double click on Wireless Link. The Wireless Link
Configuration window will appear.
4. Click on the Image Transfer tab.
IrDA Downloading Cable • 9
5. Deselect the selection box for “Use Wireless Link to transfer
Deselect
this box
images from a digital camera to your computer.”
Figure 2: Image Transfer Tab
6. Click OK.
7. Close the Control Panel window.
Using a USB or Serial Port With an IrDA Cable
Installed
When an IrDA cable is inst alled on a USB or serial port, that port
is always being used by the cable. If you need to use that port
for another device, you must disable the IrDA/serial cable or
IrDA/USB cable using Windows® and then shut down your
computer before disconnecting it, starting your computer up
again, and then using the port with another device or cable. For
example, if you have an IrDA/Serial cable installed in a serial
port and want to download a different device using a standard
straight through serial cable, you will need to disable the IrDA
cable, remove it and inst all the straight throug h serial cable, then
restart your computer. When you wish to download the SC-01
10 • IrDA Downloading Cable
again, remove the straight through cable and reconnect the IrDA
cable, enable the IrDA cable using Windows
your computer. See your IrDA cable and Windows
®
, and then restart
®
documentation for instructions to enable and disable an IrDA
device. In general, you can enable or disable a device by going
to the Control Panel, double clicking System, selecting the
Hardware Tab, clicking Device Manager, double clicking the
IrDa cable under Infrared Devices, and making the appropriate
selection in the Device usage field. The process may differ
®
slightly in your particular Windows
system.
IrDA Downloading Cable • 11
Launching the Program
1. Click Start on the Windows® Icon Tray, then select
Programs, then select the SC-01 icon. Your operating
system may also have a shortcut installed in the Start menu.
2. The program will launch and the Download window will
appear.
Figure 3: The Download Window
3. For convenience, make a shortcut of the SC-01 Data Logger
Management Program and place it on the Windows
desktop. See your Windows
about making shortcuts.
12 • Launching the Program
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documentation for information
Control Buttons
This section describes the control buttons. Instructions for using
each control button are given in other parts of this manual.
When the program is launched, it opens in the Download
window. Along the right side of the Download window are six
control buttons that access other windows in the program.
Figure 4 below shows the various windows that you can access
when you click these control buttons
Figure 4: Windows Accessed by Control Buttons
Control Buttons • 1 3
Download Button
If you are in another program window, clicking the Download
button opens the Download window (see Figure 3 on page 12).
The Download window has several download commands that
allow you to perform various data retrieval functions with an
instrument that is connected to the program. Data can be
retrieved from the instrument, data can be cleared from the
instrument, and the instrument can be turned of f. The Download
State area on the left side of the window displays various
messages about operations in progress or completed and the
condition of the program’s connection to the instrument. See
“Downloading Data from the SC-01” on page 19 for a complete
description of downloading data from a SC-01.
Instrument Information Button
Clicking the Instrumen t Information button opens the
Instrument Information window.
Figure 5: Instrument Information Window
14 • Control Buttons
The Instrument Information window displays various instrument
parameters for an instrument that has been downloaded using
the Complete Download or Inst rument Informati on download
commands in the Download window and is currently connected
to the program. If an instrument is turned off after being
connected to the program, then the program will lose the
connection with the instrument and the fields in th e Instrument
Information window will become blank.
Data Button
Clicking the Data button opens the Data window.
Figure 6: Data Window
In the Data window, you can view, print, export, and delete data
that has been downloaded from instruments. The following
types of data files are accessible in the Data window:
Control Buttons • 1 5
• Calibration History Files
A calibration history file is sa ved for each instr ument that has
been downloaded. It records the calibration information for
every calibration that was downloaded. The SC-01 can save
information for up to the 20 most recent calibrations in its
memory.
• Alarm Event Files
Alarm event files record gas alarm events that have been
downloaded from instruments. The SC-01 can save up to 100
alarm events in it’s memory.
• Trouble Event Files
Trouble event files record sensor failure and system failure
events that have been downloaded from instruments. The
SC-01 can save up to 100 trouble events in it’s memory.
• Sensor Change History Files
A sensor change history file is created for every downloaded
instrument whose downloaded data indicates that the sensor
has been replaced or changed to a different ty pe (gas). The
sensor replacements /changes a re logged to pr ovi de a reco rd
of the instruments’ sensor histor y.
• Interval Trend Data Files
Interval trend data is lo gged at the interval trend ti me saved in
the SC-01. Each logged point is an average reading over the
previous time interval.
• Alarm Trend Data Files
Data in an alarm trend data file is logged every five seconds
and is logged around an al arm e vent. Each lo gged read ing is
the peak reading during the previous f ive seco nd per iod. The
SC-01 can save up to 8 alarm trend data files in its memory.
16 • Control Buttons
Last Calibration Button
Figure 7: Last Calibration Window
Clicking the Last Calibration button opens the Last Calibration
window.
The Last Calibration window stores the information for the most
recent successful calibration for each SC-01 that has been
downloaded. You can display the information three ways by
using the Need Calibration, Calibration Date, or Calibration
Record selection buttons. You can also print the information if
you select the Need Calibration or Calibration Date display
options.
Control Buttons • 1 7
Set Button
Clicking the Set button opens the Set window.
In the Set window, you can perform the following function s:
• Alter the appearance of the program windows with the font
and color buttons
• Change the instrument serial number, user ID, or interval
trend time of a connected instrument by editing the fields in
the SC-01 Status frame and then clicking the Update button
• Update the date and t ime in a con nected instrument t o be the
same as the computer’s by using the Date/Time Set button
18 • Control Buttons
Figure 8: Set Window
Downloading Data from the SC-01
You have the option of downloading data manually or
automatically. If you want to download data using the automatic
download feature, click the Aut omatic Download selection box in
the Download window before attempting to download data from
the SC-01. Remember that if Automatic Download is selected,
the Instrument Information window will remain blank and the
SC-01 will turn off automatically after the data is downloaded. If
you want the data in the SC-01 to be cleared auto matically af t er
an automatic download, select the Automatic Data Removal
box. The Automatic Data Removal box is only available for
selection if the Automatic Download box is selected.
Click here for
automatic
downloads
Figure 9: Automatic Download Selection Box
To download data from a SC-01:
1. Launch the SC-01 Data Logger Management Program (see
“Launching the Program” on page 12). The Download
window displays.
2. Place the SC-01 within an inch or two of the infrared port on
your computer aligning the infrared port on the side of the
SC-01 with the infrared port on your computer.
If your computer does not have a built in infrared port, place
the SC-01 within an inch or two of the infrared port on the
IrDA adapter cable a s shown in Figure 10 below , aligning the
infrared port on the side of the SC-01 with the infrared port
on the cable.
Downloading Data from the SC-01 • 19
r
SC-01
Infrared Port
IrDA/USB or
IrDA/Ser ial C able
USB Connector
Cable 'sInfrare d Port
Serial Connector
To Computer
USB Port
To Compute
Serial Port
Figure 10: Aligning the SC-01 With the Cable Infrared Receiver
3. Press and hold the POWER button on the SC-01 until you
hear a beep, then release it. The SC-01 will begin it’s power
up sequence.
4. If the CAL. LIMIT menu item in the SC-01’s Setup Mode is
on, then one of the two following startup sequences takes
place. If CAL. LIMIT is turned off, the startup sequence in
S tep 5 below takes place. See the SC-01 Operat or’s Manual
for a description of the CAL. LIMIT Setup Mode menu item.
• If calibration is past due, t he following screen appears wit h
“CAL.” flashing and the LEDs and buzzer pulsing several
times alerting you that the SC-01 is due for calibration. If
this screen appears, wait for the buzzer and LED pulsing
to stop, then press and release the POWER button to
continue in the startup sequence.
CAL. LIMIT
CAL.
The SC-01 will then show the current date for a few
seconds before attempting to connect to the computer.
• If the calibration is up to d ate , the SC-01 t hen displays th e
calibration due date, how many days until the next
20 • Downloading Data from the SC-01
calibration, and the current date bef ore attempting to
connect to the computer.
5. If the CAL. LIMIT menu item in Set up Mod e is turned off, the
SC-01 shows “WARMUP” in the upper left of the LCD for a
few seconds, then displays the current date for a few
seconds before attempting to connect to the computer.
CAUTION: If the instrument gives a low battery warning or
dead battery alarm, change the alkaline batteries
before attempting to download data. Se e the SC-01
Operator’s Manual for the battery alarm indications.
6. If a successful connection between the SC-01 and the
computer occurs, the SC-01 displays the screen shown on
the left in Figure 1 1 below, the Connect light in the program’s
Download window turns green after a few seconds and “SC01 Connection Successful.” displays in the Download State
area of the Download window as shown on the right in
Figure 11 below.
TRANSMIT
SC-01 Display
Figure 11: SC-01 and Program Connection Message
In addition, the Windows
®
icon tray will indicate that a
wireless connection is in effect.
7. If you selected Automatic Download, the downloading
process begins automatically after a successful connectio n
Program Indication
is made.
If Automatic Download is not selected, the Complete
Download, Instrument Information, and Power Off
download command buttons become active.
Downloading Data from the SC-01 • 21
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